How do you change the world? One room at a time. Which room? The one you're in. Peter Block More Quotes by Peter Block More Quotes From Peter Block We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur. Peter Block communication work relationship All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility. Peter Block blame responsibility commitment Relationship and connectedness are the pre-condition for change. Every meeting, every process, every training program has to get people connected first. Otherwise the content falls on deaf ears. So small groups are an essential building block to any future you want to create. Peter Block block knowledge fall Transformation comes more from pursuing profound questions than seeking practical answers. Peter Block healing answers profound The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions that we engage them in. Peter Block learning people knowledge The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shift in the world becomes possible. Peter Block learning knowledge thinking It is a misuse of our power to take responsibility for solving problems that belong to others. Peter Block misuse problem responsibility The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole. Peter Block community caring self Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, actions that will take us into being more fully alive. Peter Block learning understanding teaching We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations, and obvious actions are exactly what increase the likelihood that tomorrow will be just like yesterday. Peter Block learning yesterday knowledge If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions. Peter Block impact change inspirational I discovered that resolution of conflict comes from people being able to express their own feelings and their own needs in the face of another. Making agreements and setting goals without building upon the feelings of the parties involved is empty, because it does not consider the vulnerabilities of our own humanity. Peter Block party agreement leadership Ones vision is not a road map but a compass. Peter Block maps vision educational Questions draw us together. Answers push us apart. Peter Block draws answers together Why do anything unless it is going to be great? Peter Block kick-ass productivity It is hard to learn when we think we know something. Peter Block literacy education thinking The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty. Peter Block persistence difficulty faces If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy. Peter Block philosophy believe art Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future can be created without having to force or sell it or barter for it. When we believe that barter or subtle coercion is necessary, we are operating out of a context of scarcity and self-interest, the core currencies of the economist. Peter Block self mean believe Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to say "no". If we cannot say "no" then our "yes" has no meaning. Each needs the chance to express their doubts and reservations, without having to justify them, or move quickly into problem solving. No is the beginning of the conversation for commitment. Peter Block cousin commitment moving
